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YOU DECIDE: MY PRO-SE PETITIONS IN THE ARIZONA SUPREME COURT

by Brian A. Wilkins
12/29/2009


EVERY DOCUMENT YOU NEED TO DECIDE IS HERE.

As the 2nd worst year of my life comes to a close (2008 was obviously pretty bad too), all I can now do is wait and see what a three-judge panel for the Arizona Court of Appeals decides; and what the five justices of the Arizona Supreme Court decide; neither of which will happen until (likely) late in 2010. I plan to file a motion to consolidate both cases in the Supreme Court, since they have virtually all the same claims.

The facts I was held at knifepoint in my own apartment, spit on, and extorted for money , which forced me to protect myself with my gun, no longer even matter (more on that later). But three realities make this whole saga impossibly difficult: the law and U.S. Constitution mean nothing in Arizona; my pro-se energy is running extremely low; and this State, like most others, treat you like a leper when you decide to represent yourself in criminal cases. I can only hope after spending 1500+ hours in the ASU law library in the past nine months, and countless more hours in Maricopa County's records department, the appeals court judges have at least some integrity.

I'm going to make this as elementary as possible, so even those of you who've never read a court document or know nothing about the law will be able to easily understand why I believe this "felony conviction" Maricopa County and pansy Andy Thomas handed me back on March 30 should be reversed and dismissed by the higher courts. But again, this is Arizona and the law means very little.

Though I first filed a petition for federal habeas corpus, the U.S. District Judge denied the petition, ruling I must first exhaust all state remedies before a federal court can review the persecution.

I then had to file one of those useless, retarded, waste of time Rule 32 Petitions For Post-Conviction Relief in the Maricopa County Superior Court on July 13. I knew it would be a charade, but in order to move the case to a higher (and hopefully honorable) court, I first had to endure this crap. It got to the point of being such a juvenile clown show, led by Maricopa County judges Gary Donahoe, Teresa Sanders, and Emmet Ronan, I had to file a Petition for Special Action in the Arizona Court of Appeals just to get these judges to follow the law.

CLICK HERE TO READ ENTIRE ARTICLE

Also, click here to donate to the legal defense fund for Anant Kumar Tripati. See his page on the Menu Bar above.

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PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA SPEAKS OUT AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY, RACISM IN THE USA.

Well, kind of anyway. Most of the audio in this production is taken from the President's speech in Cairo, Egypt on June 4, 2009. But much of it definitely pertains to us as Americans. Make sure to sign the new guestbook, especially if you know of someone who has been murdered or brutalized by thug police. Operation Nation will be publishing a book on Americans murdered by cops from 1975-2009 sometime in late 2010.



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RECENTLY UPDATED OP-NAT EYE ENTRIES:

-Passaic (NJ) Police Thug Joseph Rios III Indicted on Aggravated Assault Charges (updated September 30, 2009)

-Tyler Heilman, 24, Murdered By Le Sueur County (MN)Police Thug Todd Waldron (updated 7/22/2009)

-Ryan Leaf Indicted (PDF); Hiding In Canada? (updated 6/11/2009
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-PETA AWOL Again When Cops Kill Dogs (updated 5/18/2009)


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AROUND THE WEB:

"WHITES" KILLING "BLACKS" IS LEGAL IN THE USA (9/7/2009)

Fortifying Confederate Armies: "Black" Athletes and SEC Football (9/30/2009)

Gay Is The New Jew, Not The New Black (5/21/2009)

Recession, Retaliation Fueling Recent Cop Killing Trends in USA  (5/15/2009)

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MICHAEL PHELPS ABORTS JOE ARPAIO, JR. (AKA SHERIFF LEON LOTT)

This Sheriff Leon Lott, in a lame attempt to get media attention, thought he could arrest swimming artiste Michael Phelps, based solely on a photo of Phelps taking a bong rip. That would set a hell of a precedent, Leon. Ever heard of Myspace and Facebook pictures? Obama's $800 billion stimulus would have to all be spent on hiring a few million internet agents to arrest people caught smoking weed in pictures. Guess Lott got the 15 minutes he was looking for.

Leon Lott, who sounds a lot like Leon Lett (say that 5 times fast), probably feels like the bigger doofus than even Lett in his hay-day!



AND HERE IS LEON LETT, FOR THOSE OF YOU UNFAMILIAR.



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BigHeadDC.com: Trent Lott Fallout: The Gay Escort Who Knew Too Much. November 26, 2007.

ClevelandLeader.com: Are Gay Rumors The Reason Behind Trent Lott's Resignation? November 26, 2007.


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 NOTICE OF CLAIM FILED AGAINST TEMPE POLICE, 

CITY OF TEMPE


OPERATION NATION BULLETIN
1/22/09    

A NOTICE OF CLAIM WAS SERVED ON THE CITY OF TEMPE ON BEHALF OF MR. BRIAN A. WILKINS ON JANUARY 16, 2009. ARIZONA STATUTES REQUIRE THIS NOTICE TO BE SERVED WITHIN 180 DAYS OF THE CAUSES OF ACTION BEFORE A LAWSUIT CAN BE FILED IN FEDERAL OR STATE COURT.

The claim alleges the Tempe Police violated Wilkins' constitutional right to equal protection of the laws and accuses the department, specifically officers "M. Wallace, T. Johnson" and Detective Jeff Loewenhagen of negligence, gross negligence, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Read more here.

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HAPPY MLK DAY! THOUGH YOU HAVE TO RESPECT THE MAN, HE'S NO HERO OF MINE.

"MLK DAY: YOU DON'T CHOOSE MY HEROES" (1/19/09)

PART 1 OF 2


Click Here To Watch Part 2.

DISCUSSION FORUM

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Republican Chip Saltzman got a kick out of the "Barack the Magic Negro" song, and dismissed it as good natured ribbing. I'm sure, then, he'll enjoy this too:

"CHIP, THE INBRED EURO: BY A 'MAGIC NEGRO'" Dec. 31 2008

DISCUSSION FORUM

RELATED ARTICLES:

"United States Has Old Laws Which Protect Terrorists" 
9-12-2006; Source: bwilkins2006.blog.asu.edu

"Hurricane Katrina's Hidden Race War"
12-17-2008; Source: thenation.com
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The European American media have cast Nubians ("Blacks") as the sole reason as to why Proposition 8 in California and other gay marriage bans passed in November. There is no single, solitary reason as to why Nubians voted the way they did, but this issue certainly is not a "black" thing; it is a nationwide phenomenon.
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"We'll Speak For Ourselves: Gay Marriage and 'Black' Voters"

Dec. 11, 2008 (approximately 30 minutes long).



DISCUSSION FORUM

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2005 Maricopa County Jail Inmates Spreadsheet

Many Reason To Legalize Weed; Few To Keep It Illegal 11/2006

Homosexuals in Senegal Get Maximum Sentence, Reality Check 1/9/2009

Gay Is The New Jew, Not The New "Black" 5/21/2009


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Malicious arrest...Malicious prosecution...Wrongful incarceration...and a Nubian perspective as to why European American males in cop suits, among other attire, do the things they do. This behavior dates back to The Civil War. Watch and learn.

"55 Days In Maricopa County Jail and the U.S. Media" Nov. 9, 2008

(Note: the entire video is about 34 minutes long)





Go to Discussion Forum

RELATED ARTICLES:

AZCentral.com: Tempe Man Suspected Of Firing Gun, Threatening Neighbor. 7/22/08

ABC15 in Phoenix: Man Fires Gun In Tempe After Fight, Points It At neighbor. 7/22/08

THE CASE:

Federal Habeas Corpus Denied; Must Exhaust "Rule 32" Proceedings (6/9/2009)

City of Tempe, Police's Motion To Dismiss Federal Lawsuit Denied (8/5/2009)

Wilkins v. Donahoe: Petition For Special Action In the AZ Court Of Appeals (9/24/2009)

(Interesting Note: ABC15 has since removed my photograph from the live link for this story; but not the cached link. And of course, you can see the original page in the video."

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TOP 10 MOST READ OP-NAT EYE ENTRIES

NOTE: IF YOU'VE MISSED ANY OF THE "55 DAYS IN MARICOPA COUNTY JAIL" BLOG ENTRIES, CLICK HERE FOR THE ENTIRE LIST. CLICK ON THE DATES THE FOLLOWING EXCERPTS WERE PUBLISHED TO READ THE ENTIRE ENTRY.

#1: Day 4: "LBJ" medical, inmate accounts, and Christianity

Posted by Brian Wilkins at 11/20/2008 12:25 AM
Categories: 55 Days In Maricopa County Jail

This day corresponds with Friday, July 25, 2008. Advisory: contains some adult language.

"Wilkins!" I heard a voice while I was half-sleep at about 645am. I was cold, tired, and my neck was ALL messed up from "sleeping" - if you want to call leaning my head on a cold metal table while sitting on a cold, concrete  "chair" - sleeping. "Wilkins!!" I had forgotten where I was, but the voice through the intercom snapped me back to reality. "What?"

"Come down for medical!" the voice said. I had already been through this medical mess once at "the Matrix" and wasn't particularly in the mood for it, so I told myself to just play "toy" with them and get it over with. Before you actually get to medical though, the holding tank - where the people can have staph infections, the flu, or are waiting for psychiatric therapy - is at best 15X15. And a guy in there just happened to be taking his morning shit...about 2 feet away from me!

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#2: Lovelle Mixon, Four Dead Oakland Cops, and U.S. Society


Posted by Brian Wilkins at 3/23/2009 12:30 AM 
Categories: 
U.S. and World News

One of the major divides in our country, when it comes to race relations, just got a little wider. 



Lovelle Mixon, 26, shot and killed 4 Oakland cops before being 
killed himself.

The "African American" forum on Topix.com has a poll as to what people think of Lovelle Mixon, the Oakland man who shot and killed four cops with an assault rifle yesterday. 33 people have responded to the post (as of publishing time), with 20 (60 percent) calling Mixon a "warrior"; another eight respondents (24 percent) called him a "martyr." 


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#3: Tempe Police Chief Tom Ryff Encourages Lying; Cheats on His Wife

Posted by Brian Wilkins at 1/30/2009 12:17 PM
Categories: Tempe and Maricopa County Arizona News

I must first thank tempepolicecloset.com for setting up an incredibly necessary and informative website. All of the tapes you are about to listen to were obtained from their site. I suggest anyone who comes across this blog, to peruse tempepolicecloset.com if you want to read more about this thug organization that calls itself a police department. Some, including Tempe's City Manager and City Attorney, have questioned the timeliness (since they are from around 1997) and authenticity of the tapes. The aforementioned individuals, according to tempepolicecloset.com, are also not allowing the FBI to review a full, unedited version of the tapes to verify their authenticity.

In light of the notice of claim I filed against the City of Tempe and the Tempe Police Department, this information further substantiates my claim of the Tempe Police intentionally lying to the public to cover their negligence the night I was arrested. It also furthers my point these thugs have little to no integrity and should not be allowed to wear a badge while acting under color of law with their playground, country club mentalities.

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#4: AMERICAN WOMEN BEWARE: Thug Cops Will Rape, Taser, and Kill You Too

Posted by Brian Wilkins at 3/16/2009 1:16 PM
Categories: General

INTRODUCTION:

European American ("white") women are rarely murdered (as "black" men frequently are) by thug cops in America, but are frequently Tasered, raped, assaulted, or sexually assaulted. Nubian ("black") Americans first had to "win freedom" from inbred Euro-males in 1868, with the help of European American women. Women than had to battle for another 50 years before they were "allowed" to vote on this country, in 1919. Since then, as I mentioned in the video "55 Days In Maricopa County Jail and U.S. Media," inbred Euro-males who cannot and will not accept and/or adjust to women and "blacks" being equal humans to them join thug police gangs. Joining police gangs allows these thugs to murder, rape, assault, and/or incarcerate any American they choose without repercussion, besides "paid administrative leave." Thug cops only have to complete a 4-6 month "training course" to be a licensed killer or rapist. The United States has become a total police state since the 1960s, after Nubian Americans and women were forced to fight for the rights they are born with. Insecure, inbred, thug Euro-males and "Michael Steele/Booker T. Washington"-type "black" males think they own the rights to life and liberty of all "blacks" and women. Cops are never prosecuted or even remotely punished for the "strict liability" offenses they continually victimize American citizens with.


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#5: Creston, Iowa Police Thugs' Rape Trial Begins

Posted by Brian Wilkins at 3/4/2009 3:05 AM
Categories: General

Former Creston (Iowa) Police Chief James Christensen and his former assistant chief, John Sickels, raped a woman at a country club on April 18, 2008, according to court documents. Sickels allegedly raped the woman while Christensen held the victim's hand and stroked her hair. Both attackers were fired from the police force after an investigation, which resulted in both being charged with sexual abuse. They face up to 25 years in prison. The Creston Police were also investigated last year in the death of Ron Adkisson, a 59-year-old who died after Creston cops used a Taser on him. Christensen and Sickels' trial was moved to Sioux City, IA after publicity compromised the chances of the alleged rapist cops getting a fair trial in Union County. Creston has a population of about 7,600 and is about 80 miles southwest of Des Moines.

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#6 GOP: Go Back To Europe If You Hate America


Posted by Brian Wilkins at 2/19/2009 5:42 PM and is filed under General

With President Barack Obama signing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Republicans are again making treasonous statements. Obama Administration has set up a website, recovery.gov, so Americans can see exactly how the new legislation is progressing.

Man, that headline felt GREAT to write! Physiologically, everything below my waist just filled with blood. Ever since I was born and as long as my mom, dad, grandmother, and great-grandmother have lived in the USA, Republicans/Confederites have been forcing this idea of "patriotism" down our throats, insinuating that everyone must blindly agree with everything the U.S. government does and says, or we should "go back to Africa." If you don't like the murders by thug police, the deliberately skewed incarceration rates, inadequate schools for kids in cities, etc., then "go back to Africa."

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#7: Tempe Police Officer Whitney Jurjevich Escapes Prosecution


Posted by Brian Wilkins at 2/13/2009 2:12 PM and is filed under Tempe and Maricopa County Arizona News 


Tempe Police Officer Whitney Jurjevich

UPDATED 2/13/2009 2:30 pm MST

Friday the 13th turned out to be Whitney Jurjevich's lucky day. Authorities in Montgomery County, PA have decided not to press charges against Jurjevich, the Tempe Police Officer who shot and killed Stan Rosenblatt's dog, Bruce, while visiting his father January 16. According to the 
press release, Jurjevich had the right to carry the gun, and the right to shoot the dog because he said he felt threatened.

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#8: Illegal Discharge of Firearm Charge: Kill or Go to Jail

Posted by Brian Wilkins at 11/24/2008 5:09 PM
Categories: 55 Days In Maricopa County Jail

In hindsight, after reviewing Arizona statutes, I should have shot and killed the radical who extorted and attempted to rob and assault me while he was in my place. A dead suspect with knife in hand, according to several law types and others I've spoken to, would have likely put me in a better situation.

For those of you unfamiliar with Shannon's Law, a statute making it a felony to "negligently" discharge a firearm in a city's limits, it was enacted in 2000 after Shannon Smith, an eighth grade girl, was struck in the head by a stray bullet. She died instantly. Smith parents successfully lobbied to have the law changed from a simple misdemeanor to a felony all across the state. It was intended to stop people from randomly firing guns in the air on New Year's Eve and other holidays, in celebration or for simple fun. I agree whole-heartedly with the statute.
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#9 Le Sueur County (MN) Police Thug Todd Waldron Murders Unarmed Tyler Heilman

Posted by Brian Wilkins at 7/21/2009 4:31 PM
Categories: U.S. and World News


Mr. Tyler Heilman was only 24-years-old.
Photo From Facebook.com

Take notice American citizens: thug cops can now murder you if you are driving over the speed limit.

This is exactly what happened to Mr. Tyler Heilman; a 24-year-old who was murdered in cold-blood by Le Sueur County police thug Todd Waldron on July 20. Mr. Heilman was wearing only swimtrunks, thus the proverbial "he was reaching for a weapon" excuse cannot be used by thug Waldron. According to the thug cop, who was not in uniform when he committed the murder, Mr. Heilman was "swerving" and "speeding" down a street in Kasota, MN. Thug Waldron, of course, said Mr. Heilman "resisted," which, in thug cop world, gave Waldron the authority to fire four bullets at Mr. Heilman, killing him instantly.
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#10: Day 8: The Court Date

Posted by Brian Wilkins at 11/30/2008 9:49 PM
Categories: 55 Days In Maricopa County Jail


This day corresponds with Tuesday, July 29. Court Dates were all the same; with slight variations. The first was the worst in every way since I had yet to experience actually GETTING to court.

Around midnight of the day you go to court, a guard will speak to you through the intercom in your cell. "Wilkins...you want to shower and shave for court?" Sure I'd love to shave, but not with the cheap, disposable razors they give you. Plus I guess it would have been too humane a gesture for them to provide shaving cream (which they did not).

You are called from your cell again around 4 a.m. The guards give you "clean stripes," (shirt and pants) but you're not given clean boxers or socks. This small act of humanity could have at least been reserved for when you returned to jail from court. You are then told to put your hands on a wall and spread your legs. Chains are then wrapped around each of your ankles, leaving you with maybe 30 inches of chain to walk with. You could take steps only as big (or small) as the chains allowed. Next you are told to turn around and put your hands in front of you with your thumbs up. Handcuffs are then snapped around your wrists, then the guards chain your handcuffs to another person's handcuffs. There is maybe 3 feet of chain between you and the guy you were chained to.

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What is the REPO Act?

The REPO Act - which stands for Reform for the Education of Police Officers - is Operation Nation's proposal for federal legislation requiring all officers of the law in all cities with a population larger than 50,000, to have a 4-year bachelor's degree from a nationally accredited university or college. The Act will also require mandatory U.S. Dept. of Justice review of any and all murders, rapes, and assaults committed by police; will end the affirmative defense of "qualified immunity" for police in civil action; and will require a mandatory five year minimum prison sentence for any police officer found guilty of negligent homicide, manslaughter, or murder; and a mandatory minimum two year sentence for all unjustified assaults.  Provisions will also be in place so judges and prosecutors no longer have Eleventh Amendment immunity from civil liability in clear cases of abuse of power.

Once all the details are ironed out, Operation Nation will begin gathering signatures in hopes to get this proposal either on a national ballot or passed through Congress.

More on this later.


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BLACK WALLSTREET AND OTHER AMERICAN SLAUGHTERS

Video by Dr. Leroy Vaughn, MD, MBA.

This film is a video blog excerpt from Dr. Vaughn's book, "Black People And Their Place In World History." Europeans will never let "Africans" become too prosperous in the USA or elsewhere on the planet, even if they have to commit mass murder to accomplish this. The Greenwood district of Tulsa, OK was a mecca for "African American" education, business, health care, banking, media, religion, science, and wealth after the Civil War. By 1921, it had become one of the most prosperous areas in the entire country, eventually being called the moniker "Negro Wall Street" by Euro-America because of a simple philosophy followed in the community: "make money in your own neighborhood...spend money in your own neighborhood." Rabid European Americans (Confederites) could not stand seeing "blacks" more prosperous, wealthy and educated than they were, so on May 31, 1921, they invaded Greenwood armed with guns, "color of law," and an animalistic mentality, destroying every building, murdering thousands of children women, and men and imprisoning thousands more, while looting everything in sight. The National Guard, local police, and sheriff's offices all assisted in the genocide that completely destroyed a wealthy, prosperous, peaceful community.  No Euro-Americans were charged for any crimes, further illustrating the USA will go to any lengths to keep "their blacks" enslaved to their rules and desires. Hundreds more prosperous "African American" communities were invaded and destroyed by Confederites, police, and National Guard in this time period as well, which are all dismissed in U.S. and European history books as "race riots," if they are mentioned at all. This dual communist system for "blacks" and capitalist system for Euro-Americans continues today with the holocaustic activities of the U.S. Justice System, deliberate deficiencies in education, and a monopolized Euro-American media.



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Dylan Avery, Korey Rowe, and Jason Bermas:

LOOSE CHANGE
The best 9/11 documentary out there.



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Kiri Davis:

A Girl Like Me
The effect Euro-American media have on Nubian children and Nubian Women.





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The Mena Connection

Several individuals contributed to this one. I like Bill and Hillary Clinton, but good god! FYI, Mena is a small town in Arkansas...where then-Governor Bill Clinton allowed large shipments of cocaine to come in and out. RIP Kevin Ives and Don Henry. This is Part 1 of 6 (I think) on Youtube.



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